Although the Yonder Mountain String Band was formed in Nederland, CO, its origins go back to Urbana, IL, where college student and banjo player Dave Johnston met mandolin player Jeff Austin. Austin moved west and settled in Nederland. Johnston joined him there, and the two met bass player Ben Kaufmann and guitarist Adam Aijala at a club called the Verve. In December 1998, they formed the Yonder Mountain String Band to open for a band at the Fox Theatre in Boulder.
In this edition: New Releases from YMSB, Robert Walter, Dixie Bee-Liners, and Corinne West, plus Trips Festival DVD, New CD reviews for Funky Kids and Laura Reed, All Good Adds, and more
FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND. WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DAROL ANGER AND DANNY BARNES; ALSO KELLER WILLIAMS WITH KEITH MOSELEY, GIBB DROLL, & JEFF SIPE, DREW EMMITT BILLY NERSHI AND FRIENDS, BILL FRISELL, AND MANY OTHERS
The Mimi Fishman Foundation has launched another in their continuing series of online charity auctions. The auction, which concludes April 4, 2008, includes a signed guitar donated by Jordan Stutz and the Victory School for children with Autism.
Rothbury is a four day camping festival that promises on-site lodging options, unprecedented sustainability initiatives and one of the best artist lineups of the year.
Metallica, Pearl Jam, Jack Johnson, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Phil Lesh and Friends, My Morning Jacket, and Willie Nelson lead a wild collection of acts into the Tennessee hills.